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by qplex 10y ago
So who owns the air that you breathe?
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by qplex 10y ago
Oh yes. By this logic: you cant explain anything unless you explain why there is anything instead of nothing.
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by qplex 10y ago
To think that the observer should somehow not affect the measurement is the dualist position. From a materialist point of view the problem disappears because there is no mysterious mind of the observer that exists outside of reality. So the
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by qplex 10y ago
Yes, it's not fair: I made the comparison because the parent painted the picture of teaching English abroad as a "loser" job. And that's ok, and you don't need to do that, but please do not assume that people who ac
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by qplex 10y ago
So I guess you should do something that makes you happy (good for you!), but please do consider that actions actually have other implications than money. The fact that you can make more money making webpages than teaching some poor kid engl
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by qplex 10y ago
Check out Library Genesis [1]. Personally, the only thing I've trouble finding online are books written in other languages than English. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis
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by qplex 10y ago
I'd argue it that does hurt (a lot) to let go of what you belive in, and that is why people do not desire englightenment.
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by qplex 10y ago
I'd be careful of making any conclusions of behavior if you remove the animals from the natural environment. I've semi-wild street dogs in that really are not that interested in any new toys that are around the house, but they are
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by qplex 10y ago
So where do you suggest this most useful knowledge lies? These days most books have a copy online.
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by qplex 10y ago
Hyperlinks. You need self-discipline to stay on one page.
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by qplex 10y ago
Of course [1]. There have been many similar cases, prison sentences ranging from 15 to over 30 years. Facebook enables these people to express themselves, but it also helps the authorities to track down anyone who has the wrong opinion. If
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by qplex 10y ago
Definitely situational. Some people have gone to jail for 30 years for liking the wrong post on FB. Guess that's one way to get lonely.
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by qplex 10y ago
Look, you're doing it wrong. You don't need to apply this kind of 100% customer-service attitude to open source software development. It is simply a waste of time for a developer to answer every trivial question, or address non-is
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by qplex 10y ago
Yes, very true. My point was that the (virtual) communities that fully embrace the non-zero-sum properties of computers usually fail because the outside norm of scarcity gets imposed upon them.
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by qplex 10y ago
Computers break the zero-sum game; data can be copied with almost no cost within the limits of the system. Failure of communities that embrace this fact is usually brought on by external entities that cling to the norm of scarcity.
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by qplex 10y ago
Sadly the people who hold the most visible positions in our society lead by an example of unchecked hedonistic consumption. I don't think there is much hope for real change if the systematic problems are not addressed. And of course, s
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by qplex 10y ago
I agree, it's not easy to justify. "Would you like to breathe some unfiltered exhaust on the side of the road, completely unprotected from the heavy vehicles that pass by at high speeds? Bicycling! Health benefits!" But serio
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by qplex 10y ago
Consume less. Don't buy useless things. Don't drive a car. Don't fly. Buy your electricity from a sustainable source. Eat less meat. Try to get other people to do the same. I find it's hard to do most of these things,
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by qplex 10y ago
If you have siblings, one of the most important lessons you can learn is that it's not all about you.
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by qplex 10y ago
To be fair, your viewpoint is quite narrow. There are plenty people doing tech and living in police states even today.
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I think these are really not viable options for most people. Social networks? How to persuade people to join the better alternatives when all their relatives and friends use the popular ones? Devices? Most people do not want or need a deskt
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by qplex 10y ago
I don't see how this is specific to open source software. Would you feel guilty if you were absent from some other activity because of family?
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by qplex 10y ago
That's true. However, I'd wager that the data would still correlate with the hwsurvey results. Would be interesting to see the actual numbers, especially for CS:GO and Dota 2.
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by qplex 10y ago
I'm sure some people did that - or rather, returned the Linux machine because it didn't run the software they were expecting it to run. I've heard the netbooks that had Linux pre-installed (circa 2009) had a higher return rat
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by qplex 10y ago
In my experience, users were rather confused and lost with the UI overhaul in Windows Vista. With Windows 8 users could not even figure out how to log in to the system. Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP was more consistent. >The Linux
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by qplex 10y ago
Probably 1% or less (based on the steam hwsurvey). Considering the share that Linux has on the desktop, this is hardly a surprise.
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by qplex 10y ago
Steam Top 3 (# of players playing right now) Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (518008), Dota 2 (456350), ARK: Survival Evolved (58477) Linux version? 3/3.
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by qplex 10y ago
So what Linux did not have was a proper pitch to the OEMs, so that you could buy a pre-configured, pre-installed Linux computer from Walmart that would be compatible with existing standards. This was pretty much impossible because of many t
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by qplex 10y ago
If you find 'gpg --gen-key' too hard to use, I don't know what to tell you. It presents (at least on my system) a very clear prompt to type a passphrase. Maybe you should blame your distribution instead of gpg?
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by qplex 10y ago
I had now clue "KDE Neon" was an operating system.

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